Originally founded by Tarana Burke in 2006, the “Me Too Movement” seeks to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly women of color, “to help find pathways to healing” (“metoomvmt.org/about/). Then, in the fall of 2017, the #MeToo hashtag reverberated throughout the Internet, on the front pages of newspapers, and in the public square as…[Read more]

Originally founded by Tarana Burke in 2006, the “Me Too Movement” seeks to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly women of color, “to help find pathways to healing” (“metoomvmt.org/about/). Then, in the fall of 2017, the #MeToo hashtag reverberated throughout the Internet, on the front pages of newspapers, and in the public square as…[Read more]

Originally founded by Tarana Burke in 2006, the “Me Too Movement” seeks to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly women of color, “to help find pathways to healing” (“metoomvmt.org/about/). Then, in the fall of 2017, the #MeToo hashtag reverberated throughout the Internet, on the front pages of newspapers, and in the public square as…[Read more]

In the Haitian religious tradition of Vodou, Gede is the lwa, or spirit, concerned with the
beginning of life and the passage into the afterlife, death and regeneration. Gede is often
regarded as the spirit of the people in Haiti because he has a direct connection to every living
being, everyone may call on Gede for protection. Gede’s appeal a…[Read more]

In the Haitian religious tradition of Vodou, Gede is the lwa, or spirit, concerned with the
beginning of life and the passage into the afterlife, death and regeneration. Gede is often
regarded as the spirit of the people in Haiti because he has a direct connection to every living
being, everyone may call on Gede for protection. Gede’s appeal a…[Read more]

In the Haitian religious tradition of Vodou, Gede is the lwa, or spirit, concerned with the
beginning of life and the passage into the afterlife, death and regeneration. Gede is often
regarded as the spirit of the people in Haiti because he has a direct connection to every living
being, everyone may call on Gede for protection. Gede’s appeal a…[Read more]

In the last two decades since the publication of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History, Caribbean historical studies has undergone an ‘archival turn.’ Indeed, archives and formal institutions of knowledge have always been and continue to be an integral part of historical work, but Trouillot’s work has cal…[Read more]

In the last two decades since the publication of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History, Caribbean historical studies has undergone an ‘archival turn.’ Indeed, archives and formal institutions of knowledge have always been and continue to be an integral part of historical work, but Trouillot’s work has cal…[Read more]

In the last two decades since the publication of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History, Caribbean historical studies has undergone an ‘archival turn.’ Indeed, archives and formal institutions of knowledge have always been and continue to be an integral part of historical work, but Trouillot’s work has cal…[Read more]

« La mémoire est un droit » écrit Christiane Taubira dans sa contribution au débat ‘La Mémoire de l’esclavage et ses dérives’ en 2006 pour la revue philosophique Cités. Étant donné que la mémoire est un droit, qu’est-ce que l’on entend par mémoire ? La mémoire de qui et de quoi ? Pourquoi faut-il s’en souvenir ? Quel est le but de la mémoire ? P…[Read more]

« La mémoire est un droit » écrit Christiane Taubira dans sa contribution au débat ‘La Mémoire de l’esclavage et ses dérives’ en 2006 pour la revue philosophique Cités. Étant donné que la mémoire est un droit, qu’est-ce que l’on entend par mémoire ? La mémoire de qui et de quoi ? Pourquoi faut-il s’en souvenir ? Quel est le but de la mémoire ? P…[Read more]

« La mémoire est un droit » écrit Christiane Taubira dans sa contribution au débat ‘La Mémoire de l’esclavage et ses dérives’ en 2006 pour la revue philosophique Cités. Étant donné que la mémoire est un droit, qu’est-ce que l’on entend par mémoire ? La mémoire de qui et de quoi ? Pourquoi faut-il s’en souvenir ? Quel est le but de la mémoire ? P…[Read more]